Kewanee’s Block wins indoor state shot put title

Friday

Mar 22, 2013 at 10:18 PMMar 22, 2013 at 10:20 PM

Toss of 38-10 gives Block Illinois Prep Top Times win Friday

Mike Landis

With a toss of 38-10, Kewanee senior Freya Block won the shot put at the Illinois Prep Top Times track and field meet Friday.Block’s toss topped a field of 11 throwers at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center.Jasmine Jefko of Ridgewood finished runner-up to Block in the shot put with a throw of 38-5 3/4.Annawan-Wethersfield’s Karissa Roman also earned a second-place finish at the indoor state meet by clearing 5-4 in the high jump.Other Star Courier-area athletes competing Friday at IWU were:Annawan-Wethersfield boys — DeAngelo Washington fourth in the long jump with a leap of 21-4 3/4; Ben Foster seventh in the shot put with a toss of 46-0 1/2; and Michael Cook sixth in the 800-meter run in 2:04.8 and 13th in the 1600-meter run in 4:52.1.Annawan-Wethersfield girls — The 4x400 relay finished sixth in a time of 4:18.9; Lindsey Brown was seventh in the pole vault clearing 9-6; Morgan Mahnesmith did not post a height in the pole vault; and Sara Fisher and Becca Medley did not qualify for the finals in the 60-meter hurdles.Fisher was 10th in the prelims at 10.07 seconds and Medley was 18th in the prelims with a time of 10.61 seconds. The top eight hurdlers in the prelims advanced to the finals.Bureau Valley boys — The 4x400 relay finished fifth in a time of 3:37.5; the 4x800 relay finished ninth in a time of 8:49.4; Tucker Schoff finished 10th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.0 seconds; Tucker Schoff and Logan Hoffert did not advance to the finals in the 60-meter hurdles.Hoffert was 18th in the prelims with a time of 9.21 seconds and Schoff was 21st in the prelims with a time of 9.75 seconds.The top eight hurdlers in the prelims advanced to the finals.Bureau Valley girls — Regan Weidner finished third in the 3200-meter run in 11:49.5 and 13th in the 1600-meter run in 5:46.3.